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i am bill o'reilly. remember the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >> we start with a fox urgent. the passing of a television legend. journalist mike wallace has died. we are live tonight. a cbs spokes americperson sayin0 minutes correspondent passed away at a care facility in connecticut surrounded by family. his career spanning more than 6 decades. he was the first reporter hired for 60 minutes when it went on the air back in 1968. he helped make it one of the most successful prime time tv news programs in history. wallace known for aggressive confrontational interviewing style. >> mrs. roosevelt i think that you will agree that a good man knee people hated your husband. even hated you. >> crazy.
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>> how many blacks are there on your top ten? >> i couldn't honestly answer you. >> during the iran hostage crisis in 1979 mike wallace looked the ayatollah khomeini in the eye and said this. >> president sadam of egypt a devoutly religious man said that what you are doing now is quote a disgrace to islam. he called you imam, for give me, his words, not mine, a lunatic. >> wallace born in massachusetts in 1918 myron wallace he held a variety of other news and entertainment jobs before becoming a full-time newsman for cbs. he made that decision after one of his children here is killed in a mountain climbing accident. >> after we lost peter i said, i
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can't hide behind that any more. what i am going to do is in the memory of your brother your older brother peter i am going to do something that i am proud of doing and he would be proud to have me do. >> that was wallace being interviewed by his son, our fox colleague and host of fox news sunday, chris wallace in 2005. at the time of that interview mike wallace was still working full-time. he didn't announce until 2006 but promised to report occasionally. he did. chris wallace asked him in his 2005 interview why he worked so much. his answer is it is not work, it is what i do. it is what i love to do. that interview ending moments later with this. >> it is a great life. i wouldn't be prouder than both and i love him. >> i love you. and i am proud of you.
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>> live in washington with more. >> mike wallace was feared by some who faced his very probing questions. he was clearly respected by millions more and loved of course by his family and his close friends including nancy reagan who said in a statement today, my heart is broken today over the death of my dear friend mike wallace. the news business will be a different place now and our lives will be forever changed for having known him. even though wal mass was friends with ronald and nancy reagan they still got the same treatment than everybody else when he interviewed them. >> what was your husband's role in iran contra? >> nothing. >> as president of the united states -- >> it was what -- i don't know enough about iran contra, mike, to talk to you intelligently about it. >> wallace interviewed friends and foes president and dictators
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and heros. >> i am probably a dead man already. >> he said recently at this moment arafat is the christ of the palestinian people. >> leave the shoes off and start the interview, please. >> they say i am difficult? >> unquestionably one of the great news men of our time. mike wallace is dead at the age of 93. >> thank you very much. joining us on the phone now a personal friend of mike wallace they also worked together for many years. former cbs news president joe tierman. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >> first a passing of a friend. >> it is a sad day for us personally here. we both worked at cbs news my wife and i worked with him for many, many years. it is a very sad day for cbs
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family. and for all media world mike wallace was an original figure. there was no one like him in the business. he inspired thousands of journalists along the way in the 60s, 70s and 80s to get in and to do a solid interviews if you will and get to the bottom and get to the truth. he really was a very inspirational figure for all of us. >> solid interviews indeed. i know with cbs in the 80s and 90s you were in charge of programming some of mike wallace famous 60 minute interviews. no doubt was part of your discussion. >> mike was a competitor. he competed for the story. whatever the story was, the hot story. he jumped on it. and often times that would be some key global figure or some media figure, and more importantly it was interesting to see the competition that
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would take place internally in 60 minutes as the correspondents tried to one up each other trying to get the best interviews. mike was always famed the winner. he was very shrewd, very smart, but he was driven and focused. what he did in an interview everybody stood still and quietly watched. he could get to the truth because he could formulate questions. he got to the heart of the question. whatever it was he was not fearful at all. you played the interview with khomeini if you can image being in iran and that takes some hoots paw and he had hootspa. >> it is interesting to get a peak behind the curtain as you get a rapport with the other correspondents. was he as tough in person as he was in the other interviews? >> he could be.
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he was charming in many ways. when it came to competition and the job he loved to compete, he love to do win. internally he would be very competitive. i can remember having to sort out yelling matches among as they were deciding when to get what interview. that was the nature of the beast. that was what made the program so great and makes it so great today. this eagerness to be number one to be first and to be the best and that is what is life personified. >> you are a professor at new york and oscar university teaching the next physical generation of journalists. >> i think in truth in many ways first of all just the desire to get to the truth no matter what has to be done to get to the bottom of the story. he never had to apologize for a story he really focused on doing
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stories with integrity. he worked very hard on the research. he was able to follow through. he thought of himself as someone serving the public asking questions that would help the viers better understand or resolve issues that faced his viewers. that was very important to him. it was a public service. >> i remember reading the forwards you didn't want to hear, mike wallace is here. >> that hung in his office. and it was in fact the truth. >> joe, former cbs news vice president joining us by phone tonight with his perspective on losing a friend and iconic newsman tonight. joe, thank you. >> earlier fox news chairman reacted to the news of mike wallace' death. here is him on his news. >> sad day in television. all of us who do admire him it
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was a bit of a controversial character through out his career. one of the toughest interviewers but he will always be in the pantheon of grates in television and journalism. he is just a legend and will always be. and you know, i fail to talk to him about chris wallace. chris doesn't know this. mike this great admiration for chris. he told me things that he said, chris has got some things i don't have. chris has a kind of gentle approach to things, but he's as dogged as his father in terms of going after the truth. that's one of the reasons we hired him at fox he gives a fair and balanced interview but he keeps coming. >> we are coming up inside the fox report. >> right now we are learning new details about the rash of deadly details. others hurd in tulsa, oklahoma. police arresting two men in
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connection with the killings. the victims are black shot at random as he shot the in the streets on friday. there is a possible connection nn alleged facebook postings by one of the suspect. but at a news conference earlier officials stopping short of calling the shootings racially motivated. >> we are going to let the evidence take us where we want to go. there are other motivations of race sometimes. i certainly couldn't make that determination right now. >> fox news correspondent anna kooiman has more on the social media connection. >> police are looking at a possible facebook posting 19-year-old jake i think land that suggests he was angry over the killing of his father by a black man a few years ago. it contains racial slurs but it is too early to talk about this as a hate crime.
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>> it is premature to talk about hate crimes. we have yet to analyze all of the information to understand the motivations of the subjects in this case. >> with some african american leaders in the community have a different take on the case. >> i think that somebody who committed these crimes were very upset with black people. that person happened to be a white person the people they happened to kill and shoot were black people. that fits the bill for me. >> also sited a quote avid distress between the black community and the police department. >> how did this come about? >> law enforcement ap preended england and alvin watts at a home north of tulsa around 1:45 this morning. it happened hours after creating operation random shooter. the tasz can force of various law enforcement agencies two
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dozen officers fbi agents and u.s. marshals. it came after using helicopter surveillance thanks to anonymous crime stoppers tip. they are facing three counts of first degree murder and two counts of shootings with intent to kill. >> quickly before i let you go last night as you were reporting this breaking on the fox report there were people in the community who said they were going to stay indoors. is there any kind of a statement who say they have got the guys or people are safe right now? >> we haven't heard from them in general but on friday they did gather african american leaders in the community did try to ease some of those fears. they were the fears they were terrible these people were shot atlan random. >> anna kooiman following up for us. thank you very much. what is next for newt gingrich? he called mitt romney the republican nominee. is the beginning of the end of a gingrich run at the white house?
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>> fox news is america's le >> they are now admitting his campaign is operating on a shoestring. gingrich piering on fox news sunday while he is not leading the race for the republican nomination officially he is
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speaking more infrequently and his firms about the president shaf bid. it said earlier mitt romney will be the nominee most likely. >> given the number of primaries he has won he is far p and away the most likely republican nominee. if he gets to 1144 delegates i will support him. i will do everything i can to help defeat obama. >> his campaign is suffering from money troubles and is 4 and a half million dollars in debt. he added he is glad he ran saying it was the right thing for him to do. after global speculation about whether iran is building nuclear weapons in the nation's capital telling the "washington post" if they begin working on a nuclear bomb they will know about it surveillance upgrades. a larger networks of spies. they get sit for grabrand new rounds of nuclear talks with iran this week.
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>> a new round of talks with iran is set later this week. how much do we know about the nuclear programs. the "washington post" reports the administration is trying to convince israel that the cia use of drones and intelligence on the grounds is giving us a good idea of where the nuclear program really stands. white house officials say they made a decision to start building nuclear weapons. it will take a year to make that happen. take time from israel to hold off on any kind of military action to see if diplomacy will work to try to limit or eliminate iran's nuclear program. one administration critic is questioning that strategy. the basic iranian enrichment program is being further legit mated. our administration seems to think that iran is entitled to enrich uranium.
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you are entitled to a breakout position just below nuclear weapons capability. the white house will reportedly demand that iran shut down a knew nuclear facility that has been built deep inside a mountain in the city of comb. the white house is hoping the economic sanctions and diplomacy will make all of the additions here. iran maintain the nuclear program is for people purposes. >> we have head trd the threatsw the latest from north korea. they are ready to defy the united nations and send a rocket into orbit and making the most of a tough situation. home builders facing a weak housing market giving people what they want. cleaning up the family room grandma is moving in. living with the relatives all under one roof. it's trending, would you do it?
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>> the stage is set in >>ed stage is set for a cont vernal markrocket launch. it is in place ready to fire. north korea saying they are sending a satellite in space. that launch would violate a united nations ban on missile testing. the launch could also be used to test long range missile technology capable of hitting american soil specifically parts of alaska. the rocket was separated into three parts during a launch japan and south korea saying they will shoot down any that violate the airspace. a close call for at&t. at least for now the mega communications company escaping a mass worker strike.
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40,000 union plies threatening to hit the picket lines before midnight when their contract expires. that did not happen. the employees will actually continue working without a contract. a spokes americperson says for y will negotiate issues like i don't know p job protection clauses and payment. at&t promises it is ready if a strike were to happen. a florida construction firm may have the key to yufjump starting a stalled home building. multi generational houses. more americans are doubling up with family members in the tough economic times. lynn nar corporation embracing that trend breaking ground in communities where having the family all under one roof is already common. casey seigel in west coast news is live now. >> i like what you said in the tease. move over, grandma is moving in. she is got her luggage.
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after the real he is stestate mt rock bottom they were creative with ways to try to lure buyers back. one solution was making homes more functional for today's modern family. >> when the family began searching for a new home extra space for relatives was key. >> at times in our lives there's family members who need somewhere to stay. >> they will soon be a type of household that is becoming increasingly common. the multi generational home. in 2008 nearly 1 in 5 house thoel holds contained at least two adult generations that is up 33 percent since 1980. >> people that otherwise wouldn't be buying coming out to buy. >> the builder introduced a floor plan tailor made for these families. the next again home has a separate corridor zoned as the family. the out of the box approach gave
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them something new to build and market. >> if you are a builder the homes that we build today aren't too different than the homes we built two or three years ago in order to compete against foreclosures which are a lot cheaper and compete against the homes they built they have to do something different. >> they had a next gen home so they can one day take care of the parents. in the meantime they are helping out a relative who in turn is helping them with the bills. lynn nar declined to give us sales figures on the next gen homes which not only sell here in california but also in neighboring arizona and nevada. plans for other states as well. additional companies are getting on board, but it is too early to tell at this point if this specific type of home, what ktye of i am fact it will have on the overall sluggish market. >> i personally would like it. grandma is a fabulous cook. they didn't give you numbers on how many homes what about the
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prices? >> as they say in real estate location, location, location. they rule areas in the high $200,000 range in major metro areas they can go up to half a million dollars. they are more expensive than a typical single family dwelling but they say you can save money elsewhere for example you could eliminate assisted living costs if you have your parents move in with you. so it may balance out. >> that's an excellent point. half million is a lot. >> it's a lot of money. casey stegall thank you very much. >> the passing of sveteran newsman mike wallace. how one man help deed fine hard hitting journalism. the legacy he leaves mind. one dad says he owes his life to a quick thinking 2-year-old. what that little one did to save the day.
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connecticut surrounded by his family. he was 93. wallace leaves behind a wife, his son, fox news sunday anchor chris wallace and several grandchildren. a television news legacy not to be forgotten. >> he was called the toughest and most feared interviewer on television. >> i am mike wallace. >> he was born in 1918 in brook line, massachusetts. he was one of four children of frank and zena. in high school he was involved in extra curricular activities including public speaking and school newspaper. he attended college at the university of michigan and planned to be an english teacher but he was bitten by the broadcasting bud. >> the show is night beat. >> miss first break was a show called night beat. he grilled news makers and his controversial direct style was a hit. he joined cbs in 1951 but left
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after a few years to host other tv shows. in 1963 he was back at cbs news as a special correspondent. five years later he was one of the founding members of 60 minutes which made the debut with co-editor wallace interviewing then attorney general ramsey clark. he covered stories ranging from heroin addiction, draft, biological warfare to the kent state shooting. >> for the first time ohio law enforcement in this case killed someone on a college campus. killed four wounded nine. that is when suddenly, suddenly the neixon administration, john mitchell, sparrow agnew spoolishly had established a climate of calling people less than patriotic. >> wallace was also known for his ambush interviews. >> everybody has to lay like
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cockroaches around here. i don't understand. >> his legacy includes an interview with malcolm x. >> are you afraid of what might happen to you as a result of making these accusations? >> yes. i am probably a dead man already. >> in studio is dr. martin luther king. >> yasser arafat. >> there are palestinians who would like to kill you. >> maybe they are opposing me but not to kill me. >> a ground breaking interview with a man known as dr. death. >> there is something almost ghoulish in your desire to see the deed done. >> it appears that to you. i can't criticize you for that. >> one-on-one with then chinese president. >> four score and 7 years ago our fathers brought on this continent a new nation. >> his other interviews read like a whose who of news makers. >> you are going to be good to me. >> why would i do otherwise.
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>> you would like to have control of this seat. >> of course. i don't trust you. >> it is juice. >> it is. >> through out his career wallace found himself to be the story. a documentary he narrated on william s moreland led to a $21 million liable suit. he accused him and others at cbs of a report that was slanted and untrue. the case was settled out of court. he made his battle with depression public. he suffered because of that lawsuit. always unafraid of controversy in the 90s he took on the tobacco industry and eventually his own network. >> they didn't want the piece to go on the air because they were in negotiations with westing house to sell cbs to westing house. westing house would not want to buy cbs if it could conceivably be buying at the same time a 10-15 billion dollar lawsuit. >> even in his 08s he kept up a
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full schedule. chris wallace sat down with his father on his program. >> you don't retire because? >> because i love -- it is not work what i do. i love what i do. when i get up in the morning and i think i am going to have the opportunity to -- i wasn't that happy about waking up this morning. >> i felt the same way. >> but in 2006 wallace did retire as a full-time correspondent and continued to contribute before finally hanging up his microphone. after almost 60 years the unmistakable voice of mike wallace wasn't on the air but his brave approach and style marked him as a journalistic legend who inspired generations of news men and women and crusading manor will always be remembered. despite his controversial style he was loved by many of the news make mers he was pursue. >> pope benedict xvi marking his easter sunday with a call to end
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the bloodshed in syria. ♪ >> today's holiday mass in saint peter square taking on a somber square, the joy of easter would comfort christians who are suffering because of their faith. we have more from rome. >> what a lovely oeaster day in rome. people have been coming here all week for the holy week celebrations. they have been rewarded with beautiful services. today was no exception. the crowd today absolute loifr flowing. what a colorful group of people. banners and flags from all over the world. lots of music. people are here at the vatican to celebrate easter and celebrate the joy of the resurrection. the square was really decked out as well for such an occasion. the pope's message for easter one of hope, one of joy
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primarily he said easter means reliving the experience of mary magdelene and it changes people in a radical way letting them know about god's goodness and about his truth and finally harris, while it is a day of rejoicing he mentioned serious political problems around the globe. he talked about africa sudan nigeria making a special plea for peace. pray on this special day of joy for christians around the globe suffering persecution. thank you very much. timothy cardinal dolan residing over mass in new york city the cardinal addressing a crowd with a message on the importance of jesus' teaching in the lives of all catholics. colorful hats and outfits lining for the annual easter parade. thousands of people at that
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event. it started in the 70s as a way to showcase new yorkers dressed in their springtime sunday best. a highway crash turning thousands of gallons of gasoline into a fiery roadblock. it is our top story as we go across america. >> california, a truck carrying nearly 9,000 gallons of gasoline going up in names on a busy highway. 150 firefighters dumping water on the tanker. both drivers got away before the fire erupted but they did arrest the man driving the car for drunk driving. >> another fire this one in a cafe. killing a fire chief when the roof collapses on him. he pushed the firefighters out of the way moment before the ceiling went down. two others p sent to the hospital with third degree burns. texas a father coming to the
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rescue of his dad. he suffered a violent seizure in his front yard. that little hero running through the garage to get his mom. >> he just kept banging and he banged harder until she came. as soon as he opened the door he grabbed her and was like da da. >> the paramedics whisked him off to the hospital. >> now my hero is my son. >> this is it. >> daddy. >> hunter and mushu may be the unlikeliest couple didn't tin t neighborhood. mushu a pig let who fell out of the truck but got a lucky break when the vet's wife found her. >> didn't think she was going to make it through the first 36 hours. had a concussion and was unconscious for several hours.
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>> made a full recovery. >> hunter took over taking care of her leading her around when she couldn't see and cleaning her up when she was dirty p and being her playmate and friend. >> that's a real bff. that's fox watch across america. >> the hunt for terrorists taking a a new course that changed to night raids in afghanistan and what the united states will no longer be able to do. >> it's a ritual filled with explosions, fire and a lot of excitement. major celebration in one city on this easter sunday. we will take you there. .
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cities. the deal brokered by united nations and arab league envoy kofi annan was set for tuesday. it would have paved the way for negotiations to end the country's year old crisis. the u.s. estimating 9,000 people have been killed since the up rising began. even with the deadline looming for a cease fire forces are stepping up attacks. activists say scores of civilians are being killed daily. new developments in our ongoing mission in afghanistan. the afghan government and u.s. reaching a deal on controversial night raids by american soldiers. as you may notice operations are despised and have been for years by african civilians. now they will be controlled afghanistan's military. we have more from kabul. >> it has been the single most useful tactic hunting down terrorists in afghanistan. but it causes an awful lot of
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problems culturally with the afghans. now the u.s. agreed the afghans will lead all of the missions themselves and the missions will fall under afghan jurisdiction legally. that means the u.s. will no longer contain those it has to be afghans that do it and the u.s. will have to ask the afghans if they can interrogate the suspected terrorists that get caught during those roundups. that's a big move a paradigm shift. it is part of winning the afghans gaining back sovereignty. it's part of the transition process as we move toward the drawdown where the combat mission for foreign troops is supposed to end. they will have a dent in the retail capabilities the u.s. will have in afghanistan. it helped them bead back heavily on terrorists the likes of al qaeda and the taliban of course. more importantly it is a big
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stumbling block. they have to work out what will be posted 2014 now it is down to combat troops is supposed to have been complete bide then. next month this there will be a summit and have a better idea how exactly america will deal with afghanistan and how many fruits to have. may even left hiebd. hugo chavez working his tanser treatment and the feathers fridy. we go around the world in 80 seconds. >> cuba, venezuela president hugo chavez back in the hospital for another cancer treatment. televised address before leaving he asked god for a miracle to survive. from what we do not exactly know. chavez has had three operations and two radiation therapy in less than two years.
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>> mexico. easter ringing in with a bang. hundreds of people gathering to burn a judah some 50 feet tall. judas the man christians believe turned jesus over to the romans before his death. the fire the triumph of good over evil. >> china day turning to night as a massive sand storm blankets an entire city north of beijing. actually lowering temperatures by as much as 20 degrees. germany, feathers flying. a flash mob starting a pillow fight all of it in the name of international pillow day. police there just combh case the fluff got out of hand. it didn't. that's a rap in 80 seconds.
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>> it's a tim tebow easter. crowd >> tebow the guest of honor at an outdoor easter service in texas. he talked about his openness regarding christianity and his faith in god. all about tebowing. people imitating his praying on the field. tebow admits i say flattered and happy because it puts prayer in public conversation he is proud to now be a new york jet. >> fox reports, you decide. a religious group taking aim at a maryland bar for what it calls blasphemous use of sacred objects. it is called ale mary. you will find pictures of nuns a draft lift written on a hymnal
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board. the owners say it's all in good fun. catholics started a facebook page protesting the church themed bar. we have more from our baltimore affiliate. >> it is creepy as he defends his bar some call blasphemous. he and his wife mary opened ale mary's bar four years ago. it is filled with religious ornaments from a bobble head jesus to a holy water dish turned candy dish. >> my wife's name mary my brother my partner his wife is named mary. we were brought up in a catholic house in church. >> not everyone is praising the bar's holy name. local catholics started a facebook page called 500 thousand against ale mary's. they are protesting the bar
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claiming it mocks the bar. >> the old school people i understand that appreciate that. i am not going to say anything against it. >> the name is all about having fun not making fun. >> it is all in fun. it's not like we are out picking these things out. customers bring them in. >> after 7 years they say they are not changing anything. they say the on-line protest has been more of a blessing than a curse. >> a lot of support from the neighborhood. >> they have come in just because they have seen the rants on the internet. >> i wish i would have thought of this myself. >> a look at the big story that will be making news this week. [ male announcer ] this is genco services --
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>> looking ahead to the top stories coming up this week.
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monday a judge questioning jurors for the trial in the murders of jennifer hudson's family. hudson an oscar winning singer lost her mom, brother and nephew. her brother in law is on trial for their death. starting on tuesday the largest corporations in america including google alcoa and jc morgan chase expect to do release earnings this comes after the march employment reports explode last month. world leaders scheduled to meet with representatives from iran to talk about that country's nuclear program. the first such costs since negotiations collapsed more than a year ago. and that is how fox reports this sunday april 8th, 2012. i am harris falkner. happy easter. happy passover for those observing passover. have a great week. captioned by, closed captioning services, inc.

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